The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. There will in this week be five opera nights, viz.. Moinday, 'Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and eatarday. not necessary in the present day to dilate upon the merits of the English navy. They are too universally admitted, and too cordially recog. nised, to req-aire any such enforcement. Never theless, although the English navy is our boasted g. bulwark," our "wooden wall" of invincible stcnrity, and although the Sailor is especially the darling of the English people, our naval officers have to endure many hardships beyond these which are the ineTiteble results of thei r condi;:en. Among. pat, and they will, doubtless, rise from the perusal many such, hardships which one would imagine only of these eloquent and impressive pages with their require to be pointed out to be amended, there is a doubts resolved into certainty, and their hesitation peculiar provision in the Pension List which renders merged in conviction as to the necessity of prompt valueless the claims of the widows of any naval and immediate action, not only for the preservation officers who may have married after reaching the of the interests of a brave and struggling people, age of sixty. If, at first sight, such an enactment who have looked to us in vain for the help we were appears in any way reasonable, not a word can bound to impart, but also for the maintenance of assuredly be urged in its favour when we call to our good repute, our self-respect among ourselves, mind the peculiar circumstances which surround and our fair fame before the nations of the world, the domestic life of the naval officer, and cast a Great stress is laid on the importance of fulfilling shadow over hi s h ome and affections. During the the terms of the Treaty o f 1852 ; an d it is very truly year s o f hi s active service he is compelled to I stated that we have no right to deny the claims sepa ra t e hi mself for very long intervals from family thus enforced upon us , o r to disavow the necessity so d f r i en d s. The Soldier's wife may follow her of holding to that engagement, because diffi cu lti es h us b and across the seas; but the privilege of that have interposed themselves and rendered th e case d ear companionship is not permitted to the Sailor. complicated. Truth and honour do not recogn i se I t i s only natural, then, to suppose that in the such things as capable of sanctioning b ro k en faith instance of the Sailor, above all others, late mar or exculpating false promises and faintheartedness riages might be countenanced by law. After years in the performance of duty. Nothing can be put of estrangement from all home associations, the in a simpler or more straightforward manner than Sailor may. more than all others, be excused if late this argument. "We have had twelve years to in life he seeks, in connection with some congenial find out the flaws of this Treaty, and to rescind it, helpmate, to form "a comfortable couple," after the if need were, in peace and honour; and now when fashion of TIM LINEINWATER and Miss LACREETY. the time has come to keep it, to keep it with trouble If he do so, who, remembering the antecedents of and cost, We are suddenly to discover that the pro. his chequered career, shall venture to blame him test of Schleswig and Holstein frees us from our for thus late in life endeavouring to surround him engagement. Truly this would be a most conve- self with the endearments and ties of a home ? The nient discovery, but it is a new idea of a nation's Legislature does so by placing his widow upon a dd. honour." This is the only true and fitting way to ferent footing from the widows of younger men. look at the question, if we would carry out the His widow, the widow of a naval officer who has principles of political justice and conform to the married after sixty, having no claim—no legal claim suggestions of honour and rectitude. It is one of upon the consideration of that country to whose the greatest shams that have ever been palmed service her husband has devoted the best years of upon the people of this country, this'notion that has his life, and perhaps sacrificed the aspirations gained ground in high planes and been taken up by of his youthful affectious. Such a clause in the some of the most influenti a l o f ours t atesmen, that there pension -list is not wo rt hy o f t h e generous, devoted really exists no claim f or us t o go to war for the people who are eve r rea d y to contr ib ute with no preservation of the rights of o th ers , w hi c h r i ghts stinting hand to ev er y wort h y c l a i mant; and who are intimately asso c i a t e d w i t h our own integrity so worthy of such en d owment as the widows of and good faith. Convenience will not do to choose those who have spent their lives in the service of as the ruling motive of our actions, and if we stoop their country! The clause we fully believe requires to resort to the doctrine of shuffling expediency in only to be duly considered in order to be immee cases where bold and decisive action is wanted, we diately cancelled. shall indeed fall from our high estate to draw ups us the scorn and contempt of the world. Some very proper warnings are given in this treatise on the folly of pursuing this timid course that is de nounced, end the great danger to which it leads. " Great nations," it is said, " do not live and grow a greater age by peace and national prosperity." For examples, we are shown Imperial Rome, which fell headlong into ruin when she ceased from action, and gave herself up to the pursuits of luxury. If this is put down to " despotism," it is urged that " democracy" has not been very successful on the other side of the Atlantic. The decision arrived at is, that the only sure and safe method for a state to pursue is to make the principle of duty its guiding influence and ruling motive. By this means we should not rush into war hastily, nor cling to peace in an ignominious fashion, but calmly and consis. tently follow in the right path which may lead through difficulties and danger, but never can con duct to dishonour. It is of no avail for us to be preaching morality to others if lookers-on perceive that we take care not to put our precepts into practice when they would result in our loss or disadvantage. Great stresa is here laid on the marked difference that exists in the estimate put upon the words uttered by the English or French in periods of emergency. When the French EM PEROR makes a remark on foreign affairs of any importance, the Funds of Europe fall in conse quence, but little heed is given to our Ministers impressive utterances or striking statements. Now this is hardly a creditable position for a nation like ours to assume, and it is indeed a solemn warning to all those who persist in advocating the doctrines of expediency, to the detriment of all-important and primary censiderations. The bold principle is here laid down, and should be followed in our dealings with foreign nations, that we are to wage war or not as honour commands, and not to listen to the plea of the undertaking being too much for us. If the time comes when a State " does not because it dares not interfere, it has ceased to be a great Power." Such words ought to be written in indelible characters before the eyes of our vacile latiug statesmen, and exemplify the doom they are bringing on their country through their mean and unworthy actions. We cannot have a right to in terfere, end yet have a right to stand still ; either it must be our duty to do so, or else we ought not to take action. "If war be not our duty, it is a crime, to which no nation on earth can plead a right," is very properly enunciated here, and evil will betide that nation that does not advocate such doctrines in her councils, and maintain their °beer. Vance by all in authority under her rule. The writer then proceeds to examine into the question as to whether Denmark has been sufficiently wronged to justify interference. On this point there can be no doubt in the minds of those who have regarded the question at all attentively. An epitome is given of the leading events of the case, and the conclusion is, of course, that injuries have been inflicted upon that nation. Next, the subject is discussed as to whether there exists any pledge which calls upon England to interfere. In support of this many authorities are quoted, and cogent reasons adduced, to prove the necessity of adhering to the original intentions that actuated those who ware parties to the Treaty at the outset, and the words of Earl RUSSELL himself are given, which show that the most obligatory inducements exist for binding us to the fulfilment of the pledges given at the time of the signing of the treaty Ito which so many nations were parties, and wh ich involve so many interests to others, besides concerning the welfare of Denmark in its most vital concerns. It is said here that the Emperor of the FRENCH got th e armistice; we took the credit, but he did it. flue sou n di ng phrases, any thi n g:eone, an d ter empty and d e l us i ve utterances, no one took the trouble to notice them. Te e none which were but em eluding remarks on Engleed,B 0 , a nour ate eery well worthy of notice, and it w es c 4 & } a brigh t d ay for mu us if more attention was paid t o WO true meaning of the term. " Her hono -- , r i s no v • glory am and warlike acht, fe ment, still l tin ess • In ships and stores and , prosperous tra d e , h er h onour i 6 to Wee standard of Europe, and to maintain the prin. ciple of duty, and to act as Got's servant a mong the nations in upholding truth and righteousness." The Sooner we a dd ress ourse l ves t o the considera tion of these fi rs t pr i nciples of right, the better it will be for the credit of our national name, and the influence we gain over the other nations of the world. No mistake is so grievous as to listen to timorous suggestions of peace when there should be no peace, and to entertain low motives of expediency when we are called upon to vindicate our character frem reproach, and to render that service to others which is the proudest privilege of power It is ,t - While the principles which govern our chief educational institutions are forming part of the public discussions, and are being closely criticised and examined by men of all parties, preparatory apparently to some legislative change, it is interest ing to turn to a large public school holding its annual festival, and assembling peers and prelates and other dignitaries of the State to do it honour. The Merchant Taylors' Company is indeed some thing than a mere school, being one of the very first of oar mercantile bodies, and possessing all those claims to respect and pre-eminence which four cen turies of active and eventful life can give to any institution. The celebration of Saturday was held, however, exclusively in honour of the school which is connected with it. The exciting days of exami nation were over, but the more gratifying and gracious ceremony of awarding the prizes so hardly won was among the first of the day's performances, accompanied as usual by the delivery of orations, the acting of scenes from the dramas of various na tions, and the comments of the head-master on the individual achievements and general conduct of the boys under his care. With the results of the teaohiog the Merchant Taylors have no reason to be dissatisfied, since out of the eight monitors four have obtained open scholarships this year, and the school can already boast of having ten scholars at Oxford, and six at Cambridge, all doing creditably, according to the testimony of Dr. HESSEY. Al though these statistics and the general ceremony of prizeegiving and recitation might be chiefly inte resting to the youths concerned in it and to their immediate connections, still a scene of the kind possesses its attractions for the grown-up man, busy I in the great routine of political, professional, or commercial life. Moralists may speculate on the possible destinies of the heroes of the day, preachers may sermonise on the vanity of human hopes and expectations, and foretel the probable disappoint. ments that await ambition; scholars may compare the result of a test like the present with those that attended their own school days; but as a general rule the prevailing feeling is one of genial sympathy for the eager youths, of hearty good wishes for their future success, and of kindly yet touching rememe brance that the grave spectators themselves once formed part of a group as buoyant, as eager, as ambitious. The testimony borne by the head-master to the general good conduct of the boys under his charge was highly gratifying, and proves that the system of discipline adopted in our great schools is not, as some would contend, altogether a failure. At the banquet, as we have said, many of the cele brities of the day were assembled. Law was power fully represented by Lord CHELMSFORD and WENS LEYDALE and several of the judges; politics by Lord STANLEY and Mr. WALPOLE; the Church of England by the Bishop of OXFORD; science by Professor OWEN ; art by &nest:tee and LANDSEER; the Universities by the two senior fellows of St. John's, Oxford, and Dr. WYNTER, whose name has lately been needlessly dragged into a newspaper correspondence ; while a goodly show of Earls and IVlarquisses proved that the Upper House was not unmindful Of the welfare of the Merchant Taylors. The usual complimentary toasts called forth the usual courtly responses, and, perhaps, the only noticeable speech of the evening was Lord STANLEY'S reply to the toast of the House of Com mons.. In that brief address the noble lord took occasion to maintain the general character of the Douse, which ho was then representing as a deliberative assembly ) possessing in a high degree the eontialehoe of the country. For himself he declared that, during the years in which he had beau associated with its members, and had taken part in its deliberations, the stronger had become his respect for its opinions and his faith in the general soundness of its deci sions. This is probably the case with any one who mikes With a great public body drawn from various classes, and representing various shades of feeling and opinion on religious, political, and social mat ters. Where the number is large enough, and the individuals suf f iciently varied to represent fairly the great body of the English people, we shall always find a sense of right, a rote of fair play, a hatred of oppression, regulated and guided by the sound common sense which is one of the predomi nating characteristics of our countrymen. But, as these qualities are confined to no one class alone, and are no more typical of the peer than of the peasant, there can be no reason to fear any change, or even cobsiderable modification of questionsm them , ore fa i r l yi n a new oof n ation al np aret isoenn at el dH interesttohuese of nation atoo nr a Cm importance, t o m Commons which large. s Ontahlel unanimity of Englishmen of all ranks has always rbeeaesno none o dofouthbetir great safeguar ds, tbatmattersofm or m ore diverse e t r h s e e r e is nature,no foreign politics, changes in domestic administration, discussion asconsideration, they as tem perate quest i ons o f law, finance, and social welfare, would receive as calmp impartial ia l a u s and caref u l da even do now in a House representi ng not the privileged pe and classes alone, but all ranks of English householders. The days are gone by when mob orators and demo cratic leaders would have been selected by the poorer householders. We may depend upon it that no Blass of constituents will exercise their newly. Acquired right more prudently,more oonecientiousl7, Mdllle. L Grua; B:guori Graziani, Attri, Teri-Beraldi, and famberlik THIS EVENING (Tuesday), June Is, will be performed, for tae 2d time these five years, Rossini's celebrated opera, OTELLO. Desdemona, 3ldlle. Emilia Lagrua, her 2d ap pearance in that character in England; Emi la, Madame Ta-gliafico; lago, Signor Graziari ; Elmiro, Signor Attri ; Rodrigo, Signor Neri-Feraldi ; I 1 Doge, Signor Polonini; and Otello, signor Tamberlik. Conductor, Mr. Costa. After which, the new Ballet Divertissement, L'lle En cha..teo. Su Porte by Mdlle. S2lvfa f, Mdlle. Carmine, Mdlle. N avarre, 3ldlle. Assunta, ail. Desplaces, and Mr. W. H. Yaync. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 75.; amphitheatre eta Is, 108. ed., 75., and ss. •, amphitheatre."2s. td. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is pen from ten to five, and at the principal musiceellers' and librarians'. 111IIE THE ROYAL HA YM ARKET.— so!e Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Rowe and Miss L. Aflgel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowden, Telly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by (for the 2d time) LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conc:ude with AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. Mr. Wm. Farrell, and Miss M. Harris. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform lIA3ILEr THIS EVENING (TUESDAY). Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Brougham; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden heff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. F. Charles ; Messrs. W 31`Intyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett ; Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, Miss 31 Ilenrade ; and Gertrule, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by 3Er. W. Telbin. Notice.—The doors open athalf -past 7, and Hamlet COM , iaences at 8. . . _ -- Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-... Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING will be performed a new and o r i g i na l Drama, by .R. Slons, Esq., entitled LIGHT AND SHADOW. Mr. D. Murray, D. W. Ray, J. Nelson, Zec. ; Miss Stafford and Suss Caroline Carson. After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Louis and Fabien dei Franchi, Mr. V ining; Chateau Renaud, Mr. Walter Lacy. INT ENV THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.- Solo Probrietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE DEAL) HEART: Robert Landry (his original character), Mr. Benjamin Webster, ,uppoited by Messrs. A. Stirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, t'aul Bedford, Thllington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Kelly, .Svc. To conclude with TIIE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. Too"e, P. Bedford, K. homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. IL Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of 3[r. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Ccm,dy, by Dim Boucicault ,Esci., every Evening. Re-engagement of those ce ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathew.i. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular Dimes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. '!Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. itobinson. Mr. Astiley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Mss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before S, an entirely new and oricinal Comely, in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicault, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Chara eters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham er laine ; ,sirs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, by particular desire, COOL AS A CUCTIMB Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commerce at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVE NING, TIIE SILENT SYSTEM. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Swanborough. After which, MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &e. ; Misses Marie Wilton, Simpson, &e. To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr. Thorn;. Commence at'. THE ASCOT.— RACE GLASSES (the best), at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street. W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. 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All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures. re Any article turned. not approved o f will be exchanged, or the money List o fwith Rules for S elf - measurement, Fashion Card, and our new pamphlet, "The Tercentenary ; or, The Three hundredth Birthday of Shakapeare," gratis and post fre C OALS. —The LILLES HALE, c(5,Ni;.---- r ton COALS. ANY'S Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ..244. per ton. Double 20 Top 23a. „ Deep .. 21s. „ Nut 5........ 1881.. p e .. . Well screened and delivered within five miles 01 atop De, pots, Westbourne Park-road, IV., and 17, South Mart, Paddington. W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. pHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, an be had Every Evening 01 G. R. GLE-I,IIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde -park. The Weather—Sun Office, June 14, 1864. THER3iOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 62 Barometer-29.77. WIND —S.W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. RIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tula DAY.—Morning, Bh, 53m,—Afternoon, 9h. 28m. ro- atoßaow.-Morning, 9h. 55m.—Afternoon, 10h. 30m. `fir I ":7 ?+, 4z/ 6 61 4 /1t AV".4"sr, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, I The chief question that now engages attention is D cmm „k, It not only engrosses the thoughts of public men, but it attracts the i nterest of those in a private capacity, who do not ordinarily interfere with the conflicting events of political life, tone cf the greatest dqEculties that eritie in the considers is the point of interfer tlon of this vexed questic-.n, ence or non-interference, this debiteable aubj ea t has been v ery a bl y treated in a pamphlet lat e l y published, called'' Intervention, a Duty ore Crime," These pages go far to prove the insuf f iciency of the present plarywhether as regards due provision for the interests of our allies, or a proper respect for the national honour. The CSSO is treated hens in a very fair and equitable manner, and the waverers who may not as yet quite have made up their minds will do well to study the saggestions thin forcibly 111 E SUN', LONDON, TUESDA EVENING, JUNE 14, 1864. and more judiciously than our now excluded elec tors when once they are a3mitted to the franchise. They will be eager to show how well they deserve the privilege, how fairly they are able to judge of those political questions on which they were sup posed to be mere wrongheaded enthusiasts. We trust before long that when thanks are returned for the Lower House the speaker may felicitate his hearers on the fact that that House does fairly re present the English people. LATEST DITELLIGENCE. [R4UTER'S TELEGRAMS.] POLAND. LEIPSIC, JUNE 13, The Oyczyzna of to-d 3 says:— " The RtliitlnS have rased the village of Pras zauba, in Poland. The inhabitants had bastinadeed and children have been sent a ha s l p f y nak l ed ie t n o , wmSiberia,en, " A decree of the National Government prohibits the purchase of national landed property sold by the Russians, a the sale to be null and vo id even hand."declari g t third .........., J..... SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 13. At Coimbra, fires have occurred in the houses of several of the professors. Suspicions have fallen n the of students,some thein consequen ce o f w hi c h t h e Councilreauntil University hare suspend e d th e l ee . u provision h as b een ma d e for the t o r security of the professore. FRANCE. PARIS, JUNE 14 (Morning The Moniteur of to-day regards the death of Si- El-Azarey as calculated promptly to disorganise the insurrection. Telegrams from Algiers announce that addi tional tribes had given in their submission. The attitude of the Kabyles is pacific. BOURSE, June 12.—The arrival of the English funds with a decline of 8 has had a depressing effect on the market. Threes, for the Account, have re ceded to 66f. 70c., and Mobilier to 1,090 f. Railway Shares have been rather offered, and many of the lines are at present quoted at lower prices. The market continued heavy to tile close, and Mobilier showed a farther decline. Business left off as follows : 41 per Cents. .....• 93 25 Italian L0an...... 69 70 Do. end month.... Do, end month.... 69 60 3 per Cents ..... 66 75 Ditto Threes .. Do. end month.... 66 95 Nev Mexican .• . 57 1 1 Credit Mobilier.... 1087 50 Russian - Bank Shares ...... 3400 ipsnish Threes. Credit 1' onciar ...• 1240 Horne Debt ..... . Roman LITERATURE, A Brilliant Managerial Career. Reminiscences of the Opera. By Benjamin Lumley. One vol., pp. 448. Hurst and Blackett. Daring a full noire of years Mr. Lumley was Director of that greattLyrical establishment in the Haymarket, familiarly known to our fathers and grandfathers as The King's Theatre, to ourselves as Her Majesty's Theatre, An Operatic Manager at all times is, in his way, somewhat of a Potentate, He lives in the rarified atmosphere of what, by way of especial distinction, is emphatically termed Society. He floits upon the surface of the cream of the cream. He is not simply an unit, but a very important unit in the midst of the Upper Ten Thousand. Nor is this all—his power, influence, prestige, whatever you may like to call it, extends far beyond the walls of his Grand Opera House, wherever that may chance to be situated, whether in Pall•mall or in Covent-garden. It extends far even beyond the outer borders of Mayfair, of Belgravia, of Tyburnie—it extends beyond the Channel—it ad vances into the capitals of all the great leading Powers of the European Continent—it penetrates into the Cabinets of Statesmen, even into the Cabinets of Sovereigns. Of all this, if attesta tion is required by the incredulous, the fullest and the amplest attestation is certainly afforded by these Reminiscences of Mr. Lumley's. As a reper tory of anecdote, we have not for a long while met with anything at all comparable to these unusually brilliant and most diversified Reminiscences, They reveal the Twenty -years' Director of Her Ma jesty's, to us, in the thick and throng of all his radiant associations. They take us luringly—as it were led by the button - hole—behind the scenes, in every sense of that decoying and profoundly attractive phrase. They introduce us to all the stars, now singly, now in very constellations. They bring us rapidly, delightfully, exhilaratingly—as we turn the pages containing them, that is, con taining these charming recollections—to a know• ledge so intimate of what has really been doing there in the Realm of Song, not only behind the scenes and in the green-room, but in the recep tion apartment of the director himself, that we are au courant with all the whims and oddities of the strange world in ,which he fills so high and respon s ibl e a position. Reading Mr. Lumley, we now know more than we have ever known before of such Queens of the Lyric Stage as Pasta, and Catalani, and Malibrao, and Grisi, and Sontag, and Piccolomini—cf such light footed Lilies of the ballet es Taglioni, and Fanny Eisler and Cerito—of such primi tenori as Rubini, and Mario, and Gardoni, and Giuglini— of each baritones as Ronconi and Tamburini, or of such bassi profondi as the won drous Standigl and the mighty Leblacne. Nay, Mr. Lumley takes us out of the glare of the footlights, away from the clang of the orchestra into the di cam haunted presence of the great composers of the age, bringing us face to face, as it were, among others, with Rsseini, and Mendelssohn, and Meyerbeer, and Verdi, and Balfe, and Donizetti. He lets us into the mysteries of his correspondence in regard to the successful acquisition by him now of an Italian, now of a German artiste, foe whom rival Operatic Managers, rival Ministers of State, occasionally even rival Kings and Emperors are contending—he lets us, we say, into the mysteries of his correspondence in respect to such nego tiations, cow with Count Cavour, now with Prince Metternich. For—in his doings, in his movements, in his negotiations, Sove reigns, Prime Minieters,Ambaesadors,Governments are turn by turn not merely vaguely and cour teously, but directly and profoundly interested! It is pleasantly illustrative of the extraordinary variety of people of eminence in different ways with whom Mr. Lumley, as Director of Her Majesty's Theatre, was brought into familiar communication, according to a homely idiomatic expression, "rubbed elbows," where we fled him mention ing, among a crowd of kindred incidents, the circumstance of his standing vis a vis once upon a time with the Emperor Napoleon 111., then Prince Louis Napoleon, in a quadrille with Carlotta Grisi, Cerito and Taglioni, at the Great Operatic Director's own well-known vi!la at Fulham, " The Chancellor's!" That ultra suburban haunt of the Fashion, wnere he used to collect together on the ';smooth shaven lawns," among the flower beds and the shrubberies, all that was to be found most interesting, season after season, in the Westeend districts of the metropolis. The Re miniscences here recounted, in symmetrical order, if not always with the strictest regard to chrono logical arrangement, extend over a period of two and-twenty years, beginning in 1836 and ending in 1858, within which interval lie the scorn of years, already referred to, as marking the epoch of Mr. Lumley's reign at Her Majesty's, as Director. These twenty years, it would hardly be any extravagance to assert, were, all things considered, the most resplendent in the history of that superb establish ment. Remembering it, as he does, in the palmiest days of his very memorable management, Mr. Lumley speaks of it, and we can't wonder in the least at his doing so (bearing in mind, that is, what his recollections must be) as " the noblest lyrical theatre of Europe." Troubious though the history of it has been from first to last, it has always been profoundly interesting. It was so in the days of Mr. Taylor, the first lessee of the King's Theatre. It is so still—with such artistes yet on the boards as Titiens and Giuglini—under the Skilled and enterprising and undaunted direction of the present manager of H er Majesty's, Mr. M e pl eson. From the hands of Mr. Taylor who, by mortgaging and selling the boxes, began the complications, thenceforth trammelling the enterprise, year after year, increasingly, the establishment passed for a brief time into the possession of Mr. Goold— thence through a series of dis• tressing Chancery suits to Mr. Goold's executor, Mr. Waters—and not long afterwards from thelatter to the banker Chambers. The father-in-law of the popular novelist, Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, in other words, that miniature Mudie of his day, Mr. Ebere, first of the Library, later on of the King's Theatre, held the latter for seven tolerably success ful, at any rate not disastrous, years under his management. Ho had taken the great opera house at the beginning of those seven years from Mr . Chambers, and at the end of them handed it over to Mr. Laporte. From the management of the last mentioned Director, it was that the King's Theatre, afterwards Her Majesty's Theatre, passed into the possession, under the direction, under the mastery of Mr. Lumley. Mr. Lumley, as the world knows, originally having to do with the House and its affairs, purely in his capacity as Mr. Laporte's peal adviser—finally assuming the sole sway there -'v memorable years as, himself, in his Director. As exemplars at i'v interesting incidents of his sparkling ne. several for twee.., turn, Lessee an,. once of the delightfui., he here has to recount, anti vivacity of manner while recounting tab—. passages of the attractive work now under noi._ tempt us to give them by way of illustrative quota tion; Torn away from the context piecemeal, though they are; given thus though they necessarily must be in a mere fragmentary shape, they will serve to justify our commendation of the book as one more than simply readable throughout. A book as enthralling, let us say, as an anecdotal talk over a cigar in a Richmond-hill balcony, upon a summer's evening, with some most agreeable companion, who, besides being an agree ' able companion, has a good deal to tell from his own experience, and who, beyond all that, is a bril liant conversationalist. After this fashion, as be tween the puffs of our cigar, we listen to Mr. Lumley while he thus recounts to us his vivid remembrance of Jenny Lind's Debut : The brilliant appearance of the house inside was increased by the presence of the Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager and Duchess of Kent, who had all come to witness the debut of Jenny Lind. On the entrance of the newprima donna as Alice, the welcome given to one who, though un known, had already won renown, was unusually enthu Antic. For a few m oments she appeared bewildered and" sca r e but her self-possession returned. Her very first notes seemed to enthral the audience. The cadenza at the end of her opening air —the whole of which was listened to with a stillness quite singular—called down a hurricane of applause. From that moment her success was certain. The evening went on, and before it ended, Jenny Lind was established as the favourite of the English opera public. Voice, style, execution, meaner, acting—all doliglated, The triumph Messrs. was achieved. At the end of the performance, the Queen, who during the entire evening had repeatedly manifested h e i extreme satisfaction, expressed to me he: admiration La a lona arta ii . tiner that showed how deep an impres " What a b eau tif u l s i nger I" sion had teen made u p on " What an actress << Hoc ohm -lin g 1" " How delight ful i" Those were th e exc l amations that 1 1 from th e li ps o f her Majesty, whom I had never before seen thus ra "" t o enthusiasm. As the aroma of the regalia floats off into the even ing air from the Richmond balcony, hear him es he discourses about Mademoiselle Rachel:-- In " Bajazet," in " Andromaque,” in " Marie Stuart," she electrified the house, and even in the monotonous " Ariane," of Thomas Corneille, and the dull " Tancrdde," of Voltaire, she worked up her audience by the great force of her impersonations to a state of frantic admiration, Great indeed must have been the power of this young actress to have not only reconciled the Euglleh taste to the un congenial claesicalities of French " legitimate" tragedy,but to have produced in her audience a petitive enthusiasts. It is a genuine fact, that many ladies fainted from emo tion curieg these representations. One was carried in sensible from the theatre, in spite of all efforts to recover leer. On this circumstance being told to an American maaag - er, he exclaimed, " Oh, that's nothing I she ought to have died in the theatre I the effect would have been tremendous—what a good puff lost I" Thu humble origin of Mademoiselle Rachel is well known; but few perhaps are aware that she had not received in her youth the com monest rudiments of education, and that she taught herself writing merely by copying the manuscript of others. Oa her first introduction into high society she was greatly embarrassed by the conventions of the table, and the ques tion that once arose in her mind, at a grand dinner, as to the proper use of the knife and fork in the consumption of asparagus, was infinitely embarrassing. Among the earliest of his recollections, he thus re lates the stirring aspect of the KIIN's Theatre during the height of " The Tatuburitti Row :" The famous omnibus boxes were filled towards the con clusion of the opera, with tha fashionable allies of the coalition; and it was from this quarter that, on the fall of the curtain, the uproar first commenced. Shouts of " Tam burini I" "Laporte I" " Tareburini I" were taken up and echoed by partisans, and easily-led public clamourers, in various parts of the house; whilst many of the genuine public raised the counter cries of " Shame !" "No inti midation I" "Don't be bullied I" arid even evidenced their sense of the real cause of the disturbance by shouting, "Turn out the omnibus!" responded to by the occupants with cries of "You had better try," Several times Monsieur Laporte appeared, and endeavoured to address the audience, but the deafening clamour rendered him inaudible. Yells, hisses, shouts, over powered every other sound. A tort of stormy conference took place during this scene of confusion between the ma. nager and the tenants of the omnibus boxes, whose rage seemed to increase as the "row" warmed their blood. The curtain at last rose upon the ballet. Cerito was that evening to have made her first appearance. For more than an hour the scared coryphdes stood ready to begin. In vain ! For the fourth time M. Laporte appeared. He seemed to have succumbed, for in answer to direct appeals on the point, ho promised to make propositions to Tamburini. But even this did not appear sufficient to the originators of the row. They still hooted, and at last, the whole of the noble and fashionable occupants of the omnibus boxes leaped on the stage, among them a young Prince of the Blood. The cur tain now fell definitively, and, amidst the sympathetic cheers of one portion of the house and the hootings of another, the gallant chevaliers of the " omnibus' waved their hate triumphantly, and shouted Victory /e Altogether these " Reminiscences" of Mr. Lumley, as Operatic Manager for twenty years at the Grout Lyrical Theatre in the Haymarket, ought to have been written ! And now that, in recognition of this fact by Mr. Lumley himself; they have been written thus delightfully and, all will admit, most emus jegly, we are rejoiced that they have been jotted town and given to the world during his own life time, by the weliaknown areetor's own hand almost, w© had said, in the very form, certainly with all the authority of an autobiography. A Fatal Error; or, The Vyviannes. By J. Mas terman. Two Vols. Smith, Eider, and C The story of Constance Vyvianne—who arrives, a little timid child, from India, to prove a bone of contention to her uncongenial relatives—in the first chapter—who, shortly afterwards, falling into the hands of a novel-reading lady, undergoes a danger ous apprenticeship of sentimentelity—aad who ulti mately, under the influence of the "fatal error" which overcasts the sunshine of her lite, enacts (under mistaken views) the part of a heroine, is a most interesting story, and is most charmingly narrated. We cannot but think the conduct et Constance, even under her "error," a great mistake, but we shall not here enter into a particular ana lysis of that conduct lest we should reveal the mystery of the book. The first volume, and the early portion of the second, before the occurrence of the event which leads to the "fatal error," is by for tee most pleasing. The various characters are very happily delineated, and the domestic sketches are singularly attractive. Bolton Lance, the lively sailor hero, is a most delightful character, and assuredly deserves better treatment than he meets with from his mistaken bride. Major Vyvianne is gay and selfish, and Gabriel Lance, his admiring shadow, occasionally appears to be an imitation of Lord Dundreary. The first volume is enlivened by an election, and the second con tains a very interesting account of the rescue of some miners, buried in the earth. The conver sations with which both volumes abound are, for the most part, sprightly and animated, and the nevel_reader who seeks to be pleasurably enter tained will indeed commit a " fatal error" if he neglect to make acquaintance with " The Vyviannes.'' _Expeditions on the Glacier. By a Private of the 38th (Artists) Rifle Volunteers. Pp. 120. E. and F. N. Spon. This little brochure, written by a member of the Alpine Club, gives a very animated and interesting record of en actual ascent of Mont Blanc, "the monarch of mouutairs," of Monte Rosa, of the Col du Geant,and of Molt Btu.t. Appended to the narrative is an extract from the writer's bill at the Royal Hotel at Chamouniz for provisions required for the ascent of Mont Blanc, and other practical information calculated to prove serviceable to in tending travellers. The Girls' Journal, Parts I. and 11. The " boys" have for some time past bad a maga zine of their own, and now a new periodical makes its appearance for the benefit of the "girls." The contents appear to resemble the Family Herald and the Lady's Newspaper, without possessing the par ticular merits of either. The " patterns" given may be very acceptable for the work-table, and the novelettes may wile away a passing hour, but we could wish for the leisure hours of the girls of land a more profi:,t,ble employmerA. !weed of imitating the sensational effects now so mach admired by older novel writers, the projectors of this new journal should endeavour to grace its pages with simple tales of sterling merit, such as the writings of Maria .Edgeworth and M.ry Russel Mitfent. A reprint of some of those deservedly popular works, with original stories of a similar character, such as Miss Tytler or the author of the " Heir of Rt:delyffe" might contribute, would render the Girls' Journal a valuable and enduring publi cation. PRAED'S POETICAL WORKS will be published by ` , xon and Co., in two volumes, the first week in '^z, the poet's sister, contributes a series life, for the most part unpub- Sir George,et will be s YoungU is rev's pplied by July, Lady Yot of poems written in earl, lished. Mr Praed's nephew, - ing the text ; and a memoir of the jr- the Rev. Derwent Coleridge. 'bon], of REROVL, POET AND BAKER. —AL. Nismes, died on the 29th May, in his native to,, after long and painful sufferings. lie was born in 1796, and continued to furnish his fellow townsmen with fresh rolls all his life, although his poems had been received so favourably. The first collection of his "Pussies" appeared in 1836, introduced by Lamartine and A. Dumas. Lamar tine's muse has evidently strongly influenced Rsboul's genius, which was not or power sufficient ever to take quite an original footing, In 1846, a second collection followed. In 1848, Iteboul was member of the Assemblee Consti tuante, for the Gard department. The town of Nismes has honoured its poet by a princely funeral, at which the Maire, the Prefect, till the higher officials of the department Gard, numerous officers of the army, the bishop, and all the clergy assisted, accompanied by a vast crowd of people, After three different addresses, a poem in Provencal dialect was delivered at the grave. The town is about to erect a mausoleum to his memory. PATRIOTIC AMERICAN LADIES.—A recent letter from Indianapolis says :—" The ladies of Indiana polis have energetically entered upon the work of recruiting. Seven hundred of them, under tneir own names, in the public pints, volunteer to take the places in business of as many men who will go to the war. This is more than the city's quota under the last call." 11.4 IL WAYI3. Cash, Account, Orleans • • 867 50 4 . BGS Northern Lyons and Mediterranean BGS .. 865 New ditto Souther"' .. Western Eastern ... • Sardinian 645 - .. 645 ,- 50'2 50 465 - 75 367 50 365 - Austrian Lorvbard North of Spain ...... Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 405 - 408 75 530 533 75 442 50 .. 440 - 572 50 .. 570 - THE CONFERENCE, The following, says the Morning Post, is the de• clbration which was made by the Plenipo!entiariee ' of Denmark at the sitting of the Conference on the 2nd inst.:— " When, at the period of the conclusion of the Treaty of London, the present King of Denmark accepted the choice made of him to succeed to the then reigning King, his Majesty's resolution was dictated principally and decisively by the firm hope that Europe would know how to maintain that which she had recognised and agreed to by this solemn treaty. His Majesty did not wish by his refusal to interpose an obstacle to the integrity of the Ihnish monarchy receiving an ulterior guaran tee of stability, and he knew by the renunciations and sacrifices made by those having the right that in accepting the offer made to him he compromised the rights of no one. "Since then things have changed, and his Ma• jesty has been obliged to submit to a most cruel disappointment. In spite of his own efforts and those of his devoted people—his sole support for the realization of a work in which nearly the whole of Europa had concurred—his Majesty was obliged to take into consideration the possibility that his hopes would not be realized. "If it must be so, if the Powers of Europe really wish to abandon the treaty of London, his Majesty to avoid the resumption of hostiliti e s would not op pose a territorial cestioo, p rov id e d a l wa ys that he should attain thereby not only peace, but also an independent, perfect autonomous, existence for that which would remain to him of his States, and on condition that the future destiny of the ceded ter ritories should not be fixed without their consent. "The Danish Government accepts, then, in prinm ciple, the proposition made at the last sitting by Earl Russel! for the re establishment of peace be tween Denmark and the two great German Powers. " But in order that peace, which we ardently wish for, may be real, it must be under all condi tions which will be necessary to nature to Danmark the independent* which comes to her by right, the political inlepeudence which the Treaty of London should guarantee to her, and for the preservation of which the Danish people have not hesitated to en gage single-handed in a sanguinary struggle with I forcea greatly superior to their own. " The Danish Plenipotentiaries feel boand to ob serve from the present time that in the sacrifices wished to be imposed on Denmark there are limits which the Danish Government, cannot exce ed. "The uew frontier of Denmark is a vital question for this coutitty. tt is necessary that 5h e should possess a frontier having reference to h er military and commercial interests, and this fr ontier ought to be fixed by sufficient guarantees. " There is Oe other point on which the Danish Government reserves all its freedom. It is only on to q if u mp i e i e ebn a ym p e ta e hr i ek a 1 Dingw iil o conditions nfspe uetn t h tino a t t .h.. the King was acquired in his of Lauenburg. This rout: ,lichange for a hkeisciel3sMslesotT the Duchy -;valent for part of Pomerania, t o serve a s an egg..., the kingdom of Norway, sacrificed for the re-es:. - 1 blishment of the peace of Europe, and it is essen. tially foreign to the dispute which bas caused the _ maintained u p present War, " Finally, the Danish Plenipotentiaries ought to the claim toh the peo spi for tr ie o t s h ne e n i w r t h C I t ii c o mh v e, o n h e I r t n h m a t e s n i the b asi s v f u a lr i i liberty a b l y of the Treaty of London, as sood as it Sees that the Provisional and conditional abando nme nt of this position Will not lead to an equit a bl e an d just arrangement fit ting to replace the dispositions of this Treaty," MILITIA REGIMENTS IN TITS UNITED KINGDOM. —A parliamentary return was published yesterday of all regiments of militia in the "United Kingdom, showing the number of companies in each regiment, the strength of each company, the number of privates with the regiment at the last training, the number enlisted between the sth of April, 1862, and the sth of April, 1863, and between 1863 and 1864, and the sums paid in each regiment for such en listments. From this return it appears that the number of privates present at the training of 1863 was—For England and Wales, 60,110; for Scotland, 8,542 ; for Ireland, 24,300 ; total number, 92,952. Privates enlisted between the sth April, 13n, and April, 1333. for the United King. d0m,22,293; privates enlisted between 1163 and 1864, 29,236. And the sums paid for such enlistments were: For England, £12,044 3s 3d ; for Scotland, £5,001 2s 3d ; for Ireland, £17,273 13s 5d ; total amount, £4,31S 18s lid. ELECTORS IN IRELAND.--A return of the number of electors, according to the registers of 1562 and 1833, in every county, city, and borough in Ireland, exhibit th-3 following results :—The total number of electors in the 32 counties in 1832 was 175,188; while in 1863 there was a decrease, the number being 173,172. In 1862, in the cities anl boroughs the registers contained 31,224 nsmes ; in 1863 the number was 30,673, There has thus been a falling off in both categories. 7/1, L' 1111'11 HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday: Hct Majesty went to London to-day, expressly to visit the Dake of Nowcastle, who is alarmingly The Queen afterwards went to the Deanery At lirPstminster. Her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hess e accompanied the Queen. Toe Mrs. Bruce and Lord Charles 'Fitiol were in attendance. His Royal Highnes3 Prince Alfred went to Lon don this morning, attended by Lieut. Haig. Princess Helena and Princess Louise, attended Lady Caroline B arr i ng t on , th e Hon. Hor atio, Stopforn, Lieut.-General Sir H. Bentinck, And Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros, left the C ast ' e this afternoon for Buckingham Palace. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain " 11 Wettem eller, also went to London. Prince Hermann of Solnns, Princ2 Ysen blirg Budengen, and Count Erbacis returned to Load ° last night. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales attended a Council at t he Duchy of Cornwall office, Buckingham-gates y es ' terday morning. Thu Pilacess of Wales took a carriage attended by the Countes s o f M orton . The ?lines of Wal es , accompan i e d by Princ e Alfred and Princ e L ou i s o f IL= sse, ro d e out °I , I , horstbi,ck, attended by Lieut.. C o lon el K, 2 ppel an' Lieut. Haig. The Prince and P r i ncess o f W ales, accoroP a3jeci by Prince Alfr e d an d P r i nce L ouis of Hesse, 6131 A attended by the Co'inteas of Morto n , Lieut.•Cal"e' Keppel, Nhj or Lieut. Haig, an d Capt. 1 1 , , 00 Westerweller, went to th e C a l e d on i an Eqll t"" evening. drive, Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess °I Mecklenburg. Strelitz, accompanied by her Royal Iligbness the Princess Mary and his Royal Highness Prince AdolPllll6_ of Mecklenbur g •St re lit z, h onoured the performances a t the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Duchess of B ucc l euc h h as i ssued car ds for a assemblies on Thursdays, th e 16th an d 3 0th of J un e, also for a dancing party on Tuesday, the 21st inst. Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile received a select circle at dinner last evening at their residence, ii ert. ford-street, May-fair. Lord Broughton entertained a select circl e at dinner last evening at his residence in Berkeley-square. The Dake and Duchess de Moray, nada ° ouchet, and M. C rem i eux h ave left the Clarendon 11°Le., for Paris. The Countess of Listowel has left the Clarend on Hotel for the Continent. Viscount and Viscountess Hill havo left Thorna' e's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for their seat, Hawkestone, Shrew 6 ' bury. The Duke of Sutherland is on his way home fro his yachting excur s i on . H e returns o verland, and is expe cted to reach London on the 17th. He called at Caprera on 11 1 return voyage, and s aw G ar ib a ldi . The general is in gc(: health, and the b es t o f sp i r i ts, leading his old simple and full of grateful recollections of the kindness of his reception from all ranks and classes of the community. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE KING OF BAVARIA .--- A letter from Munich etates that_King Duis , a short time since, met with an accident which might ha." , cost him his life. During his last stay at the Chateau eL Berg, near the Lake of Sternberg, he made several excur sions on horseback in the neighbourhood. On descending' a rather steep road his Majesty wished to put on his great coat, and, in order to avoid calling on any of his attendan ts to assist him, put the bridle in his mouth. The animal) being suddenly startled by some noise, dropped his head so violently as to pull the bridle from the King's aloud' , who was pulled over the head of the horse and fell heavily to the gr o u n d. F ortunately the road was very sandy, and his Majesty escaped with only a slight wound on his right cheek. HAYMARKE T THEATRE. To give, we suppose, an insight into the afkr life of the celebrated nobleman, who has attracted secb crowded audiences to the Haymarket, Mr. SotherA last night appeared in a nay„ one act farc , i by Mr, H. J. Byron, entitled " Lord Dundreary, Married and Dtme For." The public were too well pleased to meet again with his lordship under any circum stances, and, as a married man, he was most cordially welcomed. The curtain rises, and the elegant drawing-room in his country villa is discovered, and in a few minutes after the audience at once be.' come aware of the fact that his wife's mother is both master and mistress of the entire establishment. Mrs. Mountchessington has become Lady Trot chard, and to relieve her darling Georgiana from the cares and anxieties of housekeeping, she has taken upon herself the entire direction of affairs, his lordship being looked upon as nobody. AU the affectionate family quarter themselves at his lordship's residence ; one wears his clothes, smoked his cigars, and borrows his money; another rides and breaks the knees of his favourite horse ; another is constantly pestering him to obtain an appoint' ment for him; and, to make up the full measure of discomfort, anofter is carrying on a flirt ation %via a lady named Emily, fur which Lord Dundreary is made the scapegoat. The boys, or som cone else , steals the fruit out of his orchard, so that 011 calculation his lordship arrives at the fact that big gooseberries cost him about fifteen shillings a piece' This state of affairs is brought to a climax by his mother-in-law bringing in a builder a.nd giying directions for the reconstruction of the drawing room; but, throygh the help of the Yat , kee, Asa Trencbard, Dundreary rebels against the tyranny of his mother-in-law, and amidst a tremendous do' sanction of glass and china ho proclaims his incite.' pendence, and send his relations to the right about. There is a good deal of fun about the trifle, and although the puns are not of the most brilliant description, thu audience enjoy and laugh at them with hearty goodwill. The piece was a perfect success, and will ensure crowded audiences until tile close of the season, which is fixed for the 6th of July. ADELPHI THEATRE, The termination of Miss Bateman's engagement aving created a necessity for other entertainments, Mr. Webster wisely, we think, has reproduced Mr. Watts Phillips's exciting drama " The I)aad Heart," in which the accomplished actor arid maim:Ter represents the leading character, Robert Landry. Mr. Webster was never mire successful e p e a h rt a. ; ns s he evening; vs e ea' d s' is e nu v gm el il e o d tnh w eo i f t v h at rhi a i:d c vp a e r hr e ya a de n si ffido freshnessatiht ra w tahn o cad r tn t e h rl y ti,e highest praise. We know of no actor who combines in a higher degree than Mr. Webster the a bil it y to keep the attention of an audience en chained by his own individual exertions, and this result he accomplishes, not having recourse to any stage tricks or conventional shifts, b• t by the exer cise of the histrionic power which eminently belongs to him. Never has this been better illustrated than last evening. From first to ht,st his admirable performance of the hero in The Dead Heart" induced the utmost attention of the entire assembly, and on the fall of the curtain the applause was long, genuine, and enthusiastic. The play was given with all the original effects, and i„,,: the favour tvith which it was received it will doubtless have an other long and successful run. Tux ESSAYS AN D REVIEWS JUDGMENT.—Tho following addrea to tk ito Archbishops of Canterbury and York is stated to be on +he point o f c i rcu l a ti on through out the country for signature:' — '" To his Grace the Lotd Archbialipp of Canterbury, pri l / 4 late of all Engl an d an d metropolitan, to his Grace the Loi d Archbishop of York, primate of England and metropolitan We, the undersigned clergymen and laymen of the several pm vincea of England and Ireland, hereby acknowledge with de ela gratitude the pastorals lately issued by your grace to the two provinces Canterburyof and York. Our fervent prayer is that your graces may be richly endowed with wisdom froL o on high, and may be enabled, with the other primates an d bishops of the united church of England and Ireland, to take effectual counsel for upholding, amid the peculiar dangers of the present time, the Divine Authority of Holy Scrip ture and the integrity of the faith, so that the Gospel o f our Lord and Saviour may be taught iu all its purity at3,l!..mg ourselves, and handed on, without diminution or additto4 to our children's children,"